(no subject)

[owl]

I have no objection to giving £10 to breast cancer, but I do object to being forced to pay it as a forfeit if I don't wear pink tomorrow. When I give £10 to charity, I'll gift aid it, you idiots, and guess what, the charity will end up with £12 instead.

And also, thanks for telling us the day before, when a) my pink tshirt is at my parents' house and b) Marks and Spencer have stopped selling the 47 varieties of pink tshirt that they were selling whenever I wanted a blue one.

Comments

[sollersuk.livejournal.com]

I would object most bitterly. "My daughter the theologian" aka the conscience of the family pointed out verses in the NT to the effect that you should never be seen to be giving to charity. I find myself boycotting my firm's "Charity of the Year", at any rate at work, and she has talked me into not getting charity Christmas cards but getting the (actually very nice) cheapo cards at the local pound shop and shoving off the balance to charities that I keep schtumm about.

[owl]

Yes, the thing at work is not charitable giving, but social conformity. Bah, humbug, Christmas cards. I try to keep the list to people I actually care about and can make or get really nice cards, and the team at work (social conformity again).

What does your daughter the theologian think about the institution of the church collection? I suppose the little pink envelopes could all be empty, but you know that people are giving even if you don't know how much.